J.T. Durley and Graham Hatch scored 12 points each to lead a balanced offense, and Wichita State overwhelmed top-seeded Alabama 66-57 on Thursday night to win the NIT championship at Madison Square Garden.

Hatch was 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back baskets in the closing minutes, as Wichita State (29-8) finished up a remarkable postseason run in style.

After getting left out of the NCAA tournament — and after hardly any critics argued on their behalf — the Shockers left little doubt they should have been selected. They beat Nebraska by 27, won at Virginia Tech, beat College of Charleston, then set a school record for wins in a season with a 75-44 romp over Washington State in the semifinals.

Pro football

NFL players have put a number on how much money the league should owe if it loses a closely watched court fight over $4 billion in television revenue.

Just what that number is wasn’t disclosed Thursday in court documents filed in Minneapolis by attorneys for the players. The exact amounts were redacted.

The players requested revenue “left on the table” in 2009 and 2010 when the NFL renegotiated broadcast contracts. U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled earlier this month that the league failed to maximize revenue for both sides to share when it reached the new deals.

Doty scheduled a hearing for May 12 to address the request for damages.

The players also asked Doty for an injunction to stop the lockout.

Hard-luck free-agent quarterback Chad Pennington, 34, tore an anterior cruciate ligament in a pickup basketball game in Miami and will undergo surgery April 7 performed by well-known Dr. James Andrews.

Nadal and Federer will play Friday night for the 23rd time — but for the first time in six years in the United States. Federer won his match when Gilles Simon retired with a stiff neck after losing the first three games.

Maria Sharapova became the first women’s finalist, shaking off a slow start by winning 11 consecutive games to beat Andrea Petkovic, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.

College basketball

Washington guard Isaiah Thomas announced he’s forgoing his senior season with the Huskies and entering the NBA draft and will not return to school no matter what happens although he has yet to hire an agent.

Matt Painter is back at Purdue after a bidding battle with Missouri for the men’s coach. The school said his new eight-year deal is through the 2018-19 season and pays him a guaranteed $2.3 million per year, with additional incentives.

Miscellany

Trainer Gil Clancy, who helped lead Emile Griffith to welterweight and middleweight titles, has died. He was 88.

Clancy died early Thursday at an assisted living facility at Lynbrook, N.Y., on Long Island, according to his daughter, Patricia Houlahan.

Tommy Ford used a blazing second run on mushy snow to defend his giant slalom title at the U.S. championships in Winter Park, Colo., edging Tim Jitloff and Ted Ligety, who had just captured his second straight World Cup GS title.

Rodney Jones, a former assistant athletic director at the University of Kansas, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a $2 million ticket scalping scheme.

U.S. District Judge James Beaty in Raleigh, N.C., is allowing three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape to pursue a lawsuit against the North Carolina county prosecutor and police investigators who handled their case.